Leister Technologies Ltd., with headquarters in Shanghai, is a 100% subsidiary of the Leister Group.

With branch offices in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha, Chengdu, Jinan, Shenyang, plus our dense distributor partner network, we ensure close proximity to customers as part of the Leister strategy – We are local – worldwide.

Leister China was founded in 2004 and, through its very up-to-date infrastructure, provides customers with sales and service for the entire LEISTER and AXETRIS product portfolio with which we have been a market leader for decades.


Competence Center for production and engineering

To expand on our production know-how, process management and quality, the Weldy equipment for DIY and private label customers in Switzerland were transferred to China in a first step in 2004. Then, already in 2007, the product portfolio at Leister China was extended to include functional tools for plastic welding. The engineering for these products take place according to market specifications on site in Shanghai.

Leister China has access to the most modern production infrastructure, quality control and engineering. Employees are routinely trained on site or at our company in Switzerland. Leister China is ISO certified and works in accordance with Leister specification standards for function and quality.

The brand name LEISTER stands for competence, many years of experience, practical know-how, innovative power and technology leadership. With our qualified and dedicated employees, we provide our customers with the best products and services.

Leister has been active in the area of sales and service in China since 1993 and has many years of local market experience to build on.

1980	First Leister Distributor with Sales and Service Center in Hong Kong
1993	Leister booth at the China Plast plastics trade fair in Shanghai. Start of the formation of the Leister sales network in China with distributors
2004	Founding of Leister Technologies Ltd., Shanghai: Competence Center for Production and Sales The production of Weldy devices for do-it-yourselfers and Private Label is transferred from Switzerland to China. Sales and Service of WELDY and Private Label products: Leister Technologies Ltd., Shanghai for China / Leister Switzerland for the world market Staff 18 employees
2005	New Weldy product line with functional plastic welding devices for China and Emerging Markets: simple – good – affordable. Energy 1600 and Energy 3200 are the first hot air hand tools of the new product portfolio.
2008	New Weldy product: Weldy Foiler automatic foil welder Start of Direct Sales and Service in China for Leister Plastic Welding and Process Heat product lines.
2009	Start of Sales and Service in China for Leister laser systems for welding plastics
2010	Opening of sales offices in Shenzhen, Qingdao and Chongqing
2011	Start of sales of Axetris products in China
2012	Relocation to a new office building with doubling of infrastructure space Opening Ceremony for the new Leister Competence Center in Shanghai with Swiss Federal Council member Johann Schneider-Ammann Start of Direct Sales in Xian Staff 105 employees
2013	Leister Technologies Ltd. expands the competencies in China and starts with Engineering for Weldy products New Weldy products: Extrusion Welder Booster, Roofer Automatic Welder, Insta Foil Welder Machine Opening of Sales Office in Chengdu Start of Direct Sales in Changchun
2014	Opening of Sales Office in Guangzhou

Quality – Innovation – Technology – Service

Plastic Welding 

Leister's innovative and patented laser bonding solutions provide alternative production processes in automotive, medical, sensor, electronics and textile manufacturing as well as microsystems technology. Our clean, precise and non-invasive laser technology can also be applied to process heat applications.


Sales:

• Turnkey laser welding systems
• Integrable laser welding systems
• Laser optics for all laser welding concepts
• Advice on products and processes
  
  

Services (systems, products, processes):

• System and process presentations
• Advice on products and processes
• Feasibility analyses and materials tests
• Application tests in the applications laboratory
• Production of customized mounts and hold-down devices
• Training on systems, services, and processes
• Small-scale and pilot lots
  
  

Service & repairs (systems):

• Remote maintenance support
• On-site customer support for service and repairs
• Customer training courses for service and repairs
• Replacement parts

From micro-technical components through to complex opto-electronic sensor modules, Axetrix offers high-quality products with exceptional customer value.

Axetris products are commonly found in industrial processes such as process control and safety, measuring and laser technologies, telecommunications, environmental and medical technologies and automotive engineering.

Sales:

Specialist Axetris engineers use their expert practical know-how to offer customer support as early as the initial development phase.

• Micro-optics
• Infrared emitters
• Mass flow sensors and gas controllers
• Laser gas detectors
  
  

Services:
 

• Application and design support

Repairs:
  

• Processing of repairs that are carried out by Axetris in Switzerland

Weldy's business activities were launched in 1997 to complement Leister products with hot-air devices for DIY and private label customers. By 2007, the product portfolio had been expanded to include functional plastic welding tools – initially for the Chinese market, and then for emerging markets and selective countries.
  

Functional plastic welding devices, DIY:

Our qualified and dedicated employees work according to Leister Group standards and are routinely trained at our headquarters in Switzerland and on site in China. This enables us to offer our customers the best possible advice and service through our up-to-date product know-how and advanced understanding of applications.